I was seated on the subway train days ago headed to work when this homeless white lady got on and sat down across from me. She had a shopping cart with her that seemed to contain all her belongings. However, she didn't look concerned that she did not have much. When she took off her winter jacket, I noticed she had a worn out sweater. My heart sank. Minutes later, she put on her glasses and started knitting a neck scarf that seemed almost done. As I watched this lady, I felt terrible about myself and the rest of us that have more than her. All her belongings fit in a small shopping cart. She had on worn out clothes but her facial expressions did not match her appearance and socioeconomic status. She was calm and looked worry-free.
A month ago, I was on a social media app when I came across some African children dancing to a song that was heard from the background. Although they were fully clothed, you could sense that they were impoverished as their surroundings told the story. However, they were happy and content with the little they had. At that moment, their major concern was to entertain themselves and possibly be a source of joy and happiness to anyone on the other side of the video. These two instances left me with questions that I had no answers to, hence this blog.
If there is something I have learned in my years on earth, it is that people with many blessings fail to recognise those blessings but choose to complain about achievements or feats not yet gained. Alternatively, people with less opportunities or provisions tend to be appreciative of what they have and more hopeful of things to come than their aforementioned counterparts. Why do people with much to be thankful for, fail to be appreciative or complain about things they are yet to achieve? Why do people with little or nothing tend to live happier and more appreciative lives? Those are questions that I do not have accurate answers to or reasons to explain their occurrences. However, one thing that cannot be understated is that one with the breath of life in his or her nostrils and healthy is surely blessed. I believe that if we strive to be more appreciative in what we have, we set ourselves up for great things that are to come. Have a great 2019!
A month ago, I was on a social media app when I came across some African children dancing to a song that was heard from the background. Although they were fully clothed, you could sense that they were impoverished as their surroundings told the story. However, they were happy and content with the little they had. At that moment, their major concern was to entertain themselves and possibly be a source of joy and happiness to anyone on the other side of the video. These two instances left me with questions that I had no answers to, hence this blog.
If there is something I have learned in my years on earth, it is that people with many blessings fail to recognise those blessings but choose to complain about achievements or feats not yet gained. Alternatively, people with less opportunities or provisions tend to be appreciative of what they have and more hopeful of things to come than their aforementioned counterparts. Why do people with much to be thankful for, fail to be appreciative or complain about things they are yet to achieve? Why do people with little or nothing tend to live happier and more appreciative lives? Those are questions that I do not have accurate answers to or reasons to explain their occurrences. However, one thing that cannot be understated is that one with the breath of life in his or her nostrils and healthy is surely blessed. I believe that if we strive to be more appreciative in what we have, we set ourselves up for great things that are to come. Have a great 2019!
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